Legal outcomes of sexual assault

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1638-1641

  Wiley, Jennifer ^a   Sugar, Naomi ^c   Fine, David ^a,b   Eckert, Linda O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Health Training   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Legal outcome; Sexual assault; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RESIDENT; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0037662887     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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